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Have you seen "Don't Look Up?" Science of Near-Earth Objects

An unprocessed image from the WISPR instrument on board NASA’s Parker Solar Probe shows comet NEOWISE

The recently released Netflix film Don’t Look Up explores the science of discovering an asteroid headed for earth. An astronomer consultant on the film, Dr. Amy Mainzer, discusses how realistically the science is portrayed. Images used in the film are actually enlarged images from the NASA NEOWISE mission-! Watch this explanation Here.